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Face(s) à Face(s) (Bonus Track Version)

For Romain Leleu, what we call “classical” music could never have gained all its richness and variety without absorbing manifold influences from “popular” music that continues to be its fuel since the dawn of time! Parallel to the release of his album of film music prominently featuring the trumpet, the French ...

Composer: George Gershwin (1898-1937), Charles (Charlie) Chaplin (1889-1977), Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889), Jacques Ibert (1890-1962), Ennio Morricone (1928-2020), Serge Gainsbourg (1928-1991), Rafael Mendez (1906-1981), Ziad Rahbani

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Classical Crossover

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Brahms: Piano Sonata Op. 5 & 7 Fantasien, Op. 116

Nach einem Album, das Schubert gewidmet war, macht Adam Laloum einen Abstecher in die Welt von Brahms. Anfang der 1850er Jahre wurde der geniale junge Komponist mit seiner zündenden Klaviersonate Nr. 3 auf Anhieb zum würdigen Nachfolger von Beethoven und Schumann. Fast vierzig Jahre später war sein Wesen genauso wild ...

Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

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Where Corals Lie, A Journey through Songs by Sir Edward Elgar

Working in an era before Arts Council grants, public sponsorship, recording royalties, and long-term publishing deals, Elgar had to write for the public demand as much as personal satisfaction. The effort required for his large-scale works was rarely reflected in profitable income, so writing songs could be a useful way to earn money. ...

Composer: Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Vocal

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Songs and Poems

The Russian composer Sergey Akhunov (b. 1967) was educated at the Kiev State Conservatory, before he started his career as an oboe player. He subsequently gained experience in various musical styles and genres such as electronic music and rock. In the mid-2000s, he consistently turned to composing orchestral, ...

Composer: Sergey Akhunov (b. 1967)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Vocal

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Memento Mori

MEMENTO MORI „Gedenke, dass du sterblich bist.“ Der Tod war im Barock allgegenwärtig, zierte Kunstwerke, Schmuck, Kirchen und das tägliche Leben. Die Menschen waren von Verfall umgeben aber auch von der Hoffnung auf das Paradies. Das Sterben als Membran zwischen Lebendigkeit und Verschwinden ins Jenseits. ...

Composer: Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623-1680), Raimbaut de Vaqueiras (1180-1207), Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704), Henry Purcell (1659-1695), John Dowland (1562-1626), Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661-1756), Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764), Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

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Session #5

Eva Swiderski studiert erst seit kurzer Zeit in Köln Jazz-Gesang und beginnt gerade, sich in der Szene einen Namen zu machen. Unser Schlagzeuger Maik hat sie in einem Live-Stream gesehen und war direkt so begeistert, dass wir sie in unseren Podcast eingeladen haben. ...

Genre: Jazz

Subgenre: Vocal

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Down to Earth

It's almost a cliché - years of paying dues to become an overnight success - but that's what happened with Time Warp, the Toronto based jazz quartet of Barry Elmes (drums), Al Henderson (bass), Kelly Jefferson (tenor & soprano sax) and Kevin Turcotte (trumpet & flugelhorn). ...

Genre: Jazz

Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz

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Prologue

The new big band release "Prologue" from pianist, composer, arranger, orchestrator, educator and Yamaha Recording Artist Steven Feifke. Joining the bandleader is an ensemble made up of players from the very frontline of the contemporary jazz scene including drummer Ulysses Owens Jr., vocalist Veronica Swift, ...

Genre: Jazz

Subgenre: Big Band

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Cantabile

August de Boeck (1865-1937) was a Belgian composer and organist. He lived and died in the Flanders town of Merchtem. Boeck initially studied the organ at the Royal Conservatoire in Brussels, passing his examination with distinction. He pursued further studies with the composer Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath in ...

Composer: August de Boeck (1865-1937), Martin Grabert (1868-1951), Giovanni Bolzoni (1841-1919), Freinhold Glière (1875-1956), Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Bill Douglas (b. 1944)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

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Inspired by Bach

Samira Spiegel is an exceptional talent: she has won prizes at international competitions on both the violin and the piano! With GENUIN, she now presents an exciting CD featuring music for both instruments inspired by Bach. On the piano, the works range from Franz Lisz t's 'Fantasie und Fuge' to Busoni's adaptation of the 'Chaconne' ...

Composer: Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924), Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Damian Scholl (b. 1988), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

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Concord Sessions

Howard Gladstone’s Concord Session is a “hybrid folk” album that holds a mirror up to human nature, in the age of environmental and humanitarian crisis, and a future we have limited time to shape. It was recorded live on the studio floor by songwriter Howard Gladstone and guitar/bass/drum trio in 2017 but released in October 2021. ...

Genre: Songwriter

Subgenre: Contemporary

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Poston: Trio for Flute, Clarinet & Harp

This first commercial recording of Elizabeth Poston’s Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Harp is recorded by the UK-based Korros Ensemble. ...

Composer: Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

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Unia: Piano Works

At last it is possible to present to the public the first monographic recording of works by Giuseppe Unia, who in the eighteen-sixties could boast the title of 'court pianist-composer to His Majesty the King of Italy', like his better-known colleague Hans von Bülow, court pianist to Ludwig ...

Composer: Giuseppe Unia (1818-1871)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

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4 More Shots (The Acoustics)

On the heels of his well received solo album "One Shot", Danish vocalist Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids, Nordic Union) has announced the upcoming release of a new EP, "4 More Shots (The Acoustics)" on October 1, 2021. The EP consists of one unreleased studio track, 'Carry Me Over' and three acoustic tracks. ...

Genre: Rock

Subgenre: Modern Rock

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Stadtlich - Urbane Vokalmusik

The vocal ensemble StimmGold has assembled a programme of works by older masters and contemporary vocal music. Their musical selections are intended to create a vivid backdrop that highlights city life, illuminating its feelings and moods with their consummate vocal art.

Composer: Gerson Batista (1988), Enjott Schneider (1950), Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612), Graham Buckland (1951), Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672), Pascal Martiné (1986)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Vocal

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Elisabeth Lutyens: Piano Works, Volume 1

The name Elisabeth Lutyens is synonymous with music that is overtly serial, uncompromisingly modernist, and of daring and fearless individuality. Yet there is much to explore behind the naturally combative and provocative façade of this extraordinary composer, whose music is at various times sensual, thoughtful and ...

Composer: Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, WAB 101 (Live)

The present release is a special live recording of the Staatskapelle Dresden's 1st symphony concert of the season in the Semperoper on September 1, 2017. Christian Thielemann’s engagement with the symphonic work of Anton Bruckner takes him in Vol. 52 to the composer’s early years. ...

Composer: Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Orchestral

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Bach: Complete English Suites

There is no surviving autograph manuscript of Bach’s ‘English’ Suites, and for such a set of magnificent pieces, an important and well-loved part of the baroque keyboard ‘canon’, surprisingly little is known about its history. What we do know is that the suites are amongst Bach’s earlier works – probably written in the second ...

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

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Elogio de la Guitarra, Krzysztof Meisinger plays works by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Llobet, Piazzolla & Rodrigo

For this, Krzysztof Meisinger's Chandos debut, he has selected a diverse programme of Spanish, Italian, and Argentine works that demonstrate both his technical mastery and his innate musicianship. Rodrigo’s Invocación y danza and Elogio de la guitarra were composed a decade apart, ...

Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968), Miguel Llobet (1878–1938), Astor Piazzólla (1921–1992), Joaquin Rodrigo (1901–1999)

Genre: Guitar

Subgenre: Classical Guitar

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Ne (EP)

Ne: EP is a 5-track companion piece to their latest album, The Neon, with 4 new tracks sitting alongside ‘Secrets’ - which originally appeared on The Neon Remixed. ...

Genre: Pop

Subgenre: Pop Rock

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